THE VENERABLE SAVA OF PSKOV AND KRYPETSK

August 28

From the Prologue

Sava was a Serb by descent. He lived a life of asceticism, at first, in the
monastery of the Holy Birth-giver of God in Pskov and then was abbot of that
monastery. But they praised him and he fled from the glory of men and withdrew to
the shores of Lake Krypetsk where he founded a new community dedicated to St.
John the Theologian. Nevertheless, even here, he was unable to conceal his fame
and prominence. He was visited by Prince Yaroslav of Pskov and his wife. Sava
would not allow his wife to enter the monastery but rather blessed her and prayed
to God for her outside the monastery and healed her of a certain disease. This
saint of God found rest in the year 1495 A.D. and his relics were and remained
miracle-working. Among his visitors to Krypetsk, the Abbot Dositheus is
mentioned.